The sun gradually sets behind the mountain in the sky.

Chen Changsheng's gaze looked into the distance, and he saw a city bathed in the afterglow of the setting sun.

It was a kind of city that he was familiar with.

Ximing City.

That is, the royal capital of Xixiao.

For this kind of city that he hasn't seen for a long time, Chen Changsheng seems to have seen an old friend.

He hastened his steps and entered the city before dark.

However, when he walked through the city, he suddenly smelled a rancid smell.

Chen Changsheng frowned.

Look at the eyes.

On both sides of the street lay a number of people, their clothes tattered and their breath faint, as if they had been hungry for days.

There were broken bowls on the floor, and more often than not, a rag, just the bowl that was begging at that time.

"Give me something to eat......"

When Chen Changsheng walked over, the group of people surrounded him.

"My lord, give me something to eat!"

"Your Excellency!"

"Good thing, my lord, I'm going to starve to death."

Chen Changsheng was surrounded by water.

The people in front of him grabbed his trouser legs, or knelt in front of him and kowtowed, without exception, their faces were yellow and thin, and even their eyes were sunken.

Chen Changsheng looked at this scene with some blankness.

In his memory, it was as if yesterday was not like this at all.

In the blink of an eye, it became strange.

Chen Changsheng saw some other people lying on the street again, they didn't move, but from the time when they only wanted to go, they found that they didn't have the strength to get up, but they had lost their breath.

And that rancid smell also came from them, and there were already insects and flies lying on them.

I don't know how many days have passed, and there has been no one to dispose of the body.

The people in front of him knelt and kowtowed and prayed, Chen Changsheng looked at them and then shook his head, grabbed the crowd and walked inside.

It's not that he's ruthless, it's that he really can't get everyone to get a share of something, maybe because of a few copper coins, they might fight and someone die in it.

This is what Chen Changsheng does not want to see.

The group of people behind chased after a certain distance and then did not chase any further.

They continued to wait for the next person to enter the city, to kneel and pray again, as they had done before, in order to get a bite to eat.

Chen Changsheng walked in the direction of his memory, until he came to an alley after a long time.

Reaching a door, he reached out and knocked on it.

"Knock Knock ......"

There was no movement behind the door.

But Chen Changsheng could feel that there was an aura inside, and the one seemed to be looking at the door, hesitating to open the door.

"Shopkeeper Long, we had a drink together three years ago."

And then there was still no movement.

It was only a moment later that the man looking at the door seemed to remember something.

"It's you."

Long Zhongzheng got up and stepped forward to open the door.

looked at the man in green shirt standing at the door, and his memory gradually became clear.

Chen Changsheng smiled kindly: "Shopkeeper Long, I haven't seen you for a long time. ”

"Come on in."

After Chen Changsheng entered the door, Long Zhongzheng immediately closed the door.

"Sit."

Chen Changsheng looked back, but saw Shopkeeper Long limping forward.

"What's the matter with your legs?" Chen Changsheng asked.

Long Zhongzheng sighed and said, "I ran into a troublesome matter, but I couldn't hide from it, and I fell into this problem of lameness." ”

He paused and asked, "What are you doing here?" ”

Chen Changsheng said: "I came by the way, thinking that there was another friend here, so I came to visit. ”

Long Zhongzheng was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and said, "We just met and drank a few glasses of wine. ”

"yes." Chen Changsheng said: "Isn't this enough? ”

Long Zhongzheng paused for a moment and asked, "You're not here to do something?" ”

Chen Changsheng smiled and said, "I don't have any other thoughts, I really just came to meet my friends." ”

Long Zhongzheng couldn't find any fault, even so, but in fact, he still didn't believe Chen Changsheng very much.

Or rather, he didn't believe that there would be such a person.

But everyone is coming, and he must also entertain him well.

After all, acquaintance is also true.

Long Zhongzheng sighed and said, "I can't invite you to drink this time, I'm destitute now, and I can't wait to break a copper plate in half." ”

"It looks like you've had a rough run over the past few years."

Chen Changsheng said: "When I saw you at that time, Chen still remembered that it was an admired shopkeeper. ”

Long Zhongzheng couldn't cry or laugh after hearing this, and said, "Did you scold me?" ”

"Tell me the truth." Chen Changsheng said: "At that time, the gangs in Ximing City were willing to give you a face, this is not fake, is it?" ”

Shopkeeper Long sighed and said: "The real thing is the real thing, but the world will always change, no one will have smooth sailing in a lifetime, in the same way, people will also change, and people will not always give me face because of that old love." ”

"What's the reason?" Chen Changsheng asked.

Shopkeeper Long waved his hand helplessly and said: "At that time, it was to protect a child......

"The child's father had a grudge against a gang, and then suffered revenge, they wanted to destroy it without leaving a future trouble, and I have known the child for a long time, and at that time I was also confused, and I had pity, you went to ask the adults of the gang, but they didn't give me face, I wanted to try, so I begged again, but in the end it annoyed the people, and finally was kicked out, and then my lame leg also started because of this."

Chen Changsheng saw him hammering his leg and said, "I seem to regret what you said. ”

"Of course I regret it, I don't say anything about my lame leg, my life is ruined, and the key is that the child couldn't be saved."

He sighed.

Chen Changsheng heard his complaints, and he felt that Shopkeeper Long did not regret coming out of the way, what he regretted was that he failed to save the child.

"And what happened to you? It stands to reason that you should leave Ximing. ”

"My leg is lame, my family is poor, where else can I go? Besides, if you look at the current world, where can I go? ”

“……”

Chen Changsheng paused for a moment and asked, "Is Daxiang very messy?" ”

"Aren't you talking nonsense?"

"Chen really doesn't know a little, he went to a distant place before, and he doesn't know much about Daxiang."

"You really don't understand?"

"Hmm."

"Then I'll tell you about it."

Shopkeeper Long knew a lot more than the junior second in Jianggu City before.

He is in Daxiang, and he has seen the current five-party confrontation, frequent wars, and chaos in the market.

"I can't get enough to eat! Do you know, those people have nothing to eat, so they go to gnaw the bark of the tree to eat Guanyin soil, and they are swelled to death, which is quite good, and I have seen people cook human flesh, those are really ......"

"It's still not too chaotic, in the most chaotic time, there is burning, killing and looting everywhere, if you rob others, you can live, if you can't rob it, then there is only a dead end."